BIKE THREAD

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B.B. Jun 2008 5:10pm, 9 Jun 2008 12,701 posts	0 B.B. Wouldn't have thought so. Best keep it all in this one
Jun 2008 5:13pm, 9 Jun 2008 1,024 posts	0 no problemo
Battlecat Jun 2008 5:17pm, 9 Jun 2008 398 posts	0 Battlecat While we're on the subject of bike training are the principles for training similar to running? Like don't increase your weekly mileage by more than 10%, do long rides, shorter tempo stuff and hill work?
hammerite Jun 2008 5:19pm, 9 Jun 2008 2,783 posts	0 hammerite I don't think the 10% thing counts as much. Cycling isn't as hard on your legs as getting used to the pounding of running. There is a lot of value in long rides, tempo, hills etc though.
GregP Jun 2008 5:33pm, 9 Jun 2008 2,058 posts	0 GregP Time for a major namedrop. I was talking to Richard Hobson about this sort of stuff. He reckons that your 40k bike split shouldn't be any worse than double your 20k one...
B.B. Jun 2008 5:44pm, 9 Jun 2008 12,702 posts	0 B.B. Who?
GregP Jun 2008 5:46pm, 9 Jun 2008 2,059 posts	0 GregP Philistine.
GregP Jun 2008 5:48pm, 9 Jun 2008 2,060 posts	0 GregP triliving.co.uk
Legless Jun 2008 8:00pm, 9 Jun 2008 1,437 posts	0 Legless oh he is the same age as me, and almost as famous
Red Tomato Jun 2008 9:03pm, 9 Jun 2008 4,487 posts	0 Red Tomato ooh, you are the same age as me leggie, ( but I'm not famous)

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